Steves writes from the perspective of an arrogant American and, in my opinion, does little to change this view that the world has on the US. While he does attempt to compare America’s faults to the successes of European nations, the deeply embedded belief that the US is THE nation of all nations seeps through each and every page.

As an open-minded Australian, I found this book cringe-worthy. There is little to learn from it, unless of course you are one of these ‘dumb Americans’ that Steves appears to have targeted.